Serenity Concord

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The Serenity Concord was ratified on June 27th, 2381 between Solas Tempus, the colony of Trocara (Markab Prime), the colony of Glacia (Markab II), and the Markabian Mining Confederation to consolidate these desperate organizations under a single group forming a new governmental organization to manage these four parts.

Terms

The Trocara Colony voted in their senate on 3 different resolutions, on June 25th, 2381, to both invite the other powers into a new governmental organization as well as empower the Senate to expand to encompass these new interests. The Prime Minister of the Trocara Colony moved into a position as Governor of the Trocara Colony while the President of Glacia moved into a new role as the executive of the Serenity Concord and appointed a new Governor of Glacia until elections could be held. This new leadership structure took hold as of June 26th, 2381.

Solas Tempus

Solas Tempus had not yet signed the agreement as of June 26th, 2381 when the colonies joined forces, neither had the Markabian Mining Confederation. On June 27th, 2371 Fleet Admiral Candy Poole signed General Order Number 22195 which granted administrative rights for Solas Tempus to the new Serenity Concord government. Soon after the Markabian Mining Confederation signed and issued a similar order.

Part of the provisions of the new government is to adopt the Solas Tempus role as a protector of the timeline as an official constitutionally binding role of the new military and civilian government. There is also a provision allowing the Temporal division of Solas Tempus to split off, in the event that they cannot complete their own obligations under the new governmental system.

Civilian Oversight Board

The civilian oversight board is made up of 21 members. The chair of the board is elected by the Senate from a list provided by the head of Solas Tempus. The chair then appoints 10 persons who are former military service members (a board member cannot serve in Solas Tempus or any other military while serving on the board) and 10 purely civilian members. The board members must be then confirmed by the senate and the Prime Minister.

The function of the oversight board is to make sure that the military (Solas Tempus) follows the best interests of both their mission (to protect the timeline) as well as the Serenity Concord. While the day-to-day operations are left fully in the control of the head of Solas Tempus and the council cannot override the orders of the Fleet Admiral commanding Solas Tempus they do have the right to dismiss the Fleet Admiral and appoint a new one, should they feel that the person in the position is unfit for duty. Such a decision requires consent of the Prime Minister and the leader of the Senate.

The oversight board also has the right to directly oversee and administer investigations into the conduct of Solas Tempus personnel, though this is most commonly done with the consent of the Fleet Admiral in charge, it does not have to be. Any investigation results in recommendations for punishment, which are usually adhered to by Solas Tempus, though again this is not required but commonly the case. The only time when the recommendation of the board must be adhered to is if they choose to dismiss a member of Solas Tempus from service in order to bring them to trial in civilian court. At this time, the person will be suspended from any and all military service pending the outcome of the civilian trial. Since most civilian trials give a higher burden of proof the a count martial, this is incredibly rare. Though it is used at times when a person is to be dismissed from service regardless of the trials outcome when the military wishes to wash their hands of the incident in question.

Organizational Structure

The new governmental body is a Representative Republic having a 3 branch structure similar to other democratic worlds. Theirs is loosely based on the simple constitution of the United States of America before the world government established it as a city-state.

Executive

The executive branch is composed of a Prime Minister, Vice Minister, Cabinet, and Council of Governors. This body controls government institutions, departments, and handles foreign relations, and the military.

Legislative

Composed of a single house, the Senate, which makes laws and has a representative for each region based on population. This body creates and manages laws, levy's taxes, and must approve treaties and contracts with foreign powers.

Judicial

A High Court of 9 judges are elected by the Senate and approved by the Prime Minster, Cabinet, and Council of Governors. This body decides on the constitutionality of laws and government actions. They also manage, assign, and otherwise maintain senatorial districts.

Voting

Voting is done by every member and is mandatory for all persons over the age of consent (18 for humans) without a waiver.

United Federation of Planets

While the colonies were original those of the United Federation of Planets, but under the colonial terms they are allowed to establish their own government at that location. The first act of the new government was to issue an executive order requesting separation from the Federation but requesting a peace treaty. This is rather standard procedure, separation took effect immediately upon notification while the treaty is due to be ratified July 9th, 2381.